Rainforests in Borneo At-Risk
A photojournalist covering Borneo calls the island “one of the most tragic ecological disasters in history.”
The Greenest (and best) Team in Major League Baseball
The 2008 World Champions of Green? The Philadelphia Phillies are not only top competitors on the field, but also are leading Major League Baseball toward an eco-friendly future. The Phillies are the first MLB team to join the EPA’s Green Power Partnership program, which encourages organizations to buy green power to reduce the environmental affects associated with purchased electricity use.
Clean Coal is an Expensive Myth
If last week’s VP debate was any indication, Senator Biden and Governor Palin didn’t get the memo on “clean coal”. It reads something like this: ”Coal cannot be effectively cleaned, we should invest our limited government funds (see: Bailout) in energy solutions that are environmentally safe today.”
Clean coal technology is also VERY expensive, and will have rising variable costs over time (transportation of fuel, miners’ wages, maintenance of complex cleaning systems, etc). Compare to solar and wind energy sources, which have fewer incremental costs once built. How much does the transportation of sun and wind cost? ZERO!
